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SYNGENESIA FRUSTRANEA. 



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inferioribus ternatis 



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lower ternate; exterior 



involucro 



profunde partito; radiis I vided; florets of the 



exteriore involucriim deeply di 



4-dentatis; seminibus 



ray 



4-toothed: seeds 



subrotundo - obovatis, obovate, nearly round 



apice bidentatis. 



2-tootIied at the sum 

 mit. 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 225G. Walt 



JVJich. 2. p. 138. Pursh, 2. p. 568 



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Root perennial. Stem three to four feet high, pubescent, sometimes 

 nearly glabrous. Leaije^ oblong-lanceolate, entire, finelv Dubescent. tb^ 



leaflets 



base, which are also lanceolate, and a common petiole near an inch long. 

 Floicers axillary and terminal. Exterior involncrum divided to the stem' 



as long as the interior. __ ^. 



at the summit, bright yellow. "^ 



Grows on the high mountains of Carolina and Virginia. 

 Flowers August — October. Pursh. 



and 



Var. DivERsiFOLiA. 



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C. foliis infimis trifoliatis, follolls j Lowest leaves trifoliate with ...^ 



rotundatis, caulinis foliolis obovatis, leaflets round, those of the stem 



supremis siraplicibus, spathulato-lan- with the leaflets obovate; the upper- 



ceolatis, omnibus integerrimis, cau- most simple, spatliulate-lanceolate, 



hairy 



Jeque pilosis^ seminibus subrotundis, 

 denticulatis, apice bidentatis. E. 



seed nearly round, denticulate, two- 

 toothed at the summit. 



with 



This species differs in many respects from the preceding; the stem is 

 Miort, dichotomously divided at the summit. The lowest haves small, tri- 

 fohate, the folioles all orbicular; th< " ' " " 



obovate, sometimes nearly round; 

 whole plant instead of being cover e 

 With long white glandular hairs. Flowers naked 

 Jong, proceeding from the division of the stem. 



lanceolate; the 



peduncle 



thp~'«t i-' — to"-" -v...„.w„^^. kiic 01.C1U. Calyx and corolla as in 



tLjf ^^'^ . '"S variety. Seed nearly round, slightly bidentate, and finely 

 joothed along the margins. Chaff " ' ' ^ 



ihan the florets of the disk. 



very narrow, longer 



Collected in the middle country of CaroHna by Mr. Whitlow 

 i^ lowers May — j - 



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